Cigar-case.



G. U. P. WEST.

CIGAR CASE.

APPLIOATIOKIILED no. as, 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911.

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UIT ST CHARLES U. F. WEST, LONDON, ENGLAND.

, CIGAR-CASE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 16, 1911.

Application filed December 23, 1910. Serial No. 598,934.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, CHARLES UNDERHILL FRANCIS Vnsr, a subject of theKing of Great Britain and Ireland, and residing at 160 I'VestbourneTerrace, London, England, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Connection with Cigar- Cases, of which the following isa specification.

This invention relates to improvements in cases or containers forholding cigars, the object being to provide a case which will beeflicient when in use and when carried in the pocket of the owner butwhich may be readily collapsed and occupy but little space when nocigars are therein.

The invention is not confined to the particular material from which thecollapsible, yielding or elastic case is made, nor to the manner inwhich such is to be mounted with the fastening or retaining members, asthe form of the material and the method of making it up may be modifiedto suit the style and price of the case that it is desired tomanufacture.

The accompanying drawings illustrate several modes of carrying out theinvention.

Figure l is an elevation partly in section of one form of cigar casemade in accordance with the invention. Figs. 2, 3 and t are detail viewsshowing a second form. Figs. 5 and 6 illustrate a third form.

In carrying the invention into eifect, when constructing a case orcontainer in one convenient manner for a single cigar, and asillustrated in Fig. 1, the case is made preferably in two sections, oneportion a forming one end or one half of the completed case and theother 6 to be of like form for the remaining portion of the case.

The two portions a and b are in the form of elongated cones closed attheir apices and open at their bases and which may be made from oiledsilk, fabric, leather, or other pliable material. The open larger endsof these members a and b are attached to brass or other metal rings soarranged that one 1s adapted to fit inside the other. For example asshown in Fig. 1 the part (a may be secured between two rings 0, d,riveted together while the part b is held between two rings 6, f, thering 0 being formed to fit inside the ring 6 or vice versa. In

this way a very eflicient case or covering for the cigar 1s formed andwhen the cigar is removed therefrom, the pliable parts of the pushedinside the rings attached thereto so as to take up very little space inthe owners pocket and the flexible material willbe protected by saidrings when not in use.

lVhere the pliable parts of the case are to be attached to metal rings,other methods than that illustrated in Fig. 1 may be employed. Forexample a ring or ferrule may be provided as shown in Figs. 2 and 3which is stamped out to form, or otherwise provided with spikes,preferably alternately short and pointed, as g, and longer and blunt, ash. The pliable material I) is then placed over the spikes 9 being leftslightly split on its top edge for this purpose. The spikes g pierce thematerial and the seam which was left partially unsewn is then sewn up.Thereafter the spikes g and h are bent or hammered down in oppositedirections over the material, which may, if desired, be reinforced witha ring 2' of metal, placed outside or inside of the material. In Figs. 5and 6, a further method of attaching the metal rings to the material isillustrated. The ring is provided with a number of spikes 7c and alsowith a number of tongues or projecting places Z provided with shallowrecesses m. The material as before is placed over the spikes 7c and thetongue pieces are bent back over the same and pressed or hammered intoposition, so that the material is firmly held. In all cases the ringsattached to the two parts of the case are so formed that one part fitsover the other.

case may be folded ina very small space or 7 The application of theinvention is not I limited to covers made in the form of a single cigaror a series of cigars, as the case may be made in the form of arectangular receptacle, the upper and lower ends of which may be ofrigid material having a lid-like member capable of being opened topermit of the cigars being withdrawn, but the body portion of the casingto be made of silk or other collapsible material attached to the thinstrips of aluminium or other material forming the top and bottom of thecase.

The cases with yielding central material are made to open either in thedirection of their length or in the direction of their width as may bedesired to suit any particular requirement.

Having now described my invention what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent is 1. A cigar case comprising two members,

each consisting of a collapsible portion, a

ring, radial spikes on the ring for engaging the collapsible portion,and means on the ring for retaining the collapsible portion in 5engagement with the spikes.

2. A cigar case comprising two flexible collapsible members open at oneend and closed at the other, said members tapering toward their closedends, and connecting 10 bands secured to the open ends of saidmemnesses.

CHARLES U. F. TEST. lVitnesses BERTRAM H. I. MATTHEWS, E. G. WVALKER.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G.

